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Match&Fuse (M&F) is a touring exchange network and annual festival with the primary aim of connecting creative scenes across Europe. With an emphasis on local culture and its transmission across borders M&F facilitates shared platforms for like-minded artists and the creation of new artistic material through international collaboration.

1. Aesthetic
M&F aims to work within underground scenes that comprise distinctive audiences built  through cutting-edge artistry. M&F is typified by an innovative and alternative approach, with artistic diversity given common purpose via strong artist-group identities and through dynamic performance or practice.

2. Partnership
M&F facilitates equal partnerships between artists; this implies an aesthetically appropriate ‘matching’ of artists, as well as a logistical and administrative blueprint for management and promotion that is fair to both parties for international exchanges (utilising local knowledge relative to each artist’s country) and appearances at festivals or showcases.

3. Collaboration
The creation of new artistic works is central to the M&F philosophy. New work is usually formed in a live or practical setting through the ‘fusing’ of groups or artists’ individual approaches, but can also involve specially pre-composed or -conceived work, and recording, rehearsal or workshop sessions.

4. Audiences/Venues
M&F aims to work alongside promoters, venues and audiences, encouraging open channels of communication, ‘risk-sharing’ between all parties and the financial stability of events and programmes, while still creating an environment that encourages quality artistry.

5. Business/Administration
An enterprising outlook is essential for any artist or group as it provides them with a diverse range of opportunities. M&F strongly endorses such entrepreneurial practice within all of its projects. As with its relationship with venues, risk is shared between M&F, artists and promoters, encouraging each party to take on responsibility for the success of each exchange or collaborative project.

6. Legacy and Development
M&F believes in collecting high-quality media from each event, in order to document the creation of new work, create a long-lasting legacy for each project and disseminate it effectively through online sources. Similarly, evaluative data, marketing techniques and merchandising are central to developing audiences: M&F is constantly striving towards strong relationships between artists and their public.

7. Education
M&F education projects challenge the setting within which contemporary art is received and studied in order to develop audiences of the future and continuously expose young people to high-quality creative work.

The essence of Match&Fuse is encapsulated in its name: artists, exchanges and audiences are ‘matched’ to ensure equality across projects and to provide appropriate platforms for creative practice to thrive. They are then ‘fused’, creating cutting-edge new work, breaking down barriers between genres and cultures, and challenging pre-conceptions: in sum, exporting vibrant, dynamic artistry across Europe.

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